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iGate Corporation, Myntra Designs, Repco Home Finance, Manipal Global Education and Kids Clinic were among the winners of VCCircle Awards 2014 declared on Wednesday in Mumbai.

The third edition of VCCircle Awards, India’s only platform that recognises the best performing private equity or venture capital-backed companies and transaction advisors, was held in the evening of February 19 at Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai.

Guest of honour for the evening was Leo Puri, Managing Director, UTI Asset Management, and the function was attended by top entrepreneurs, CEOs, fund managers and other industry stalwarts.

The awards were bestowed to the most outstanding PE/VC-backed Indian companies that not only recorded tremendous growth in their respective industries, but also had a long-standing impact on the economy and the industry in general. And the best intermediaries in private equity transactions space – investment banks and the law firms – were honoured too.

A five-member jury, comprising industry veterans and long-time watchers of businesses, judged the winners after evaluation on a variety of qualitative and quantitative parameters – such as financial performance, growth, brand salience, the quality of management and business, return on capital employed, etc.